The Casepoint platform is used by a number of U.S. government agencies and departments. BlackCat claims to be holding over two terabytes of Casepoint’s data hostage, including attorney files and “many other things you have tried so hard to keep.”
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Judges, Attorneys React to Federal Court Generative AI Order: Too Hot, Too Cold, or Just Right?
Two judges have now issued new requirements for attorneys using generative artificial intelligence in legal work. The legal industry finds itself split when it comes to the necessity of these mandates.
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E-Discovery Company Casepoint Investigates Data Breach After Files Found On Dark Web
The e-discovery company Casepoint is investigating a data breach after a ransomware gang claimed to have over two terabytes of its data, including attorney files, visa details, information from the U.S. government, “and many other things that you have tried so hard to keep.”
The cybersecurity company FalconFeeds.io posted on Twitter that the Russia-linked ALPHV ransomware gang, also known as
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Pennsylvania Tackles The Dearth of Jury Trials
It’s well known that there are fewer and fewer civil jury trials. Which means less opportunity for younger lawyers to gain trial experience. Given the importance of jury trials to our system, Pennsylvania has decided to do something about it.
I recently listened to a Legal Speak Podcast in which Aleeza Furman interviewed Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Christine Donohue.
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‘Legal Tech Lists’: 5 Lawyer Tropes Upended By Legal Tech (Remote Litigation Edition)
We thought this area deserved its own list.
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Law Firms Need To Get Lawyers Off ChatGPT And Onto Artificial Intelligence That The Firm Can Monitor
Firms don’t want lawyers carrying on sensitive conversations outside the firm’s oversight… why would they want attorneys using consumer-facing AI on their own?
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FUBAR (Also Known As ‘What Were They Thinking?’)
Does ChatGPT dream of electric chutzpah?
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Measuring Against Nothing (Or, Budgets Without Scope Aren’t Really Budgets)
I have had several epiphanies of late, and they reverberate back to almost everything I have been doing to drive innovation in the legal industry over the past many years. At its core, what I’ve realized is that I’ve been missing something fundamental about measuring value.
The legal industry has struggled to put its arms around value. Implicit in this
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Cyberattacks Are Accelerating With AI's Help
“If you’re a bad guy and you’re not using ChatGPT or other LLMs to go and find vulnerabilities, you’re probably not doing your job as a bad guy,” said Scott Giordano, general counsel of Spirion.
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Richard Punt returns to Deloitte as global head of Deloitte Legal
Deloitte has appointed former Thomson Reuters chief strategy head Richard Punt as the new global leader for Deloitte Legal, effective 1 June 2023. Punt, who before Thomson Reuters was CEO …
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Developments in Artificial Intelligence Do Not Make Legal That Which Was Illegal
There is a danger that hype, and misconception, will lead to overly restrictive regulation that has a strangulating effect on research and innovation.
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Colorado Access to Justice Commission Charts Path Forward
In April, the Colorado Access to Justice Commission released a strategic vision report, which outlines its two-year plan to advance access to justice throughout the state. The commission’s four priority areas include expanding legal services in underserved rural areas, establishing a statewide online legal help portal, increasing funding, and bolstering communications.The commission was established by the Colorado Supreme Court
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Learn the Wrong Lesson
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I am working on my communication: when to speak up and when to shut up. I can get a message across and communicate information. But I know that there are times that I could be more…politic, shall we say…when I am communicating. One of the things I find challenging is feeling as though the wrong lesson
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Three startups join MDR Lab’s summer programme
Mishcon de Reya today (1 June) announces the addition of three early-stage startups to its product-focused MDR Lab programme. Over the coming 12 weeks, the companies will get the opportunity …
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Password managers & cybersecurity protection for lawyers
Using a password manager is the best cybersecurity protection for lawyers.
And the best password manager, in my opinion, is 1Password .
(any password manager is going to improve your security dramatically so whatever you use is less important than using something)
Why use a password manager?
Here are the top 3 reasons why this tool is so
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